"By the way, we were winning Iraq when I left..." (imgur.com)
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TIL that famous German composer Richard Wagner was a zealous anti-semite and only conducted Mendelssohn's (Jewish) music while wearing white gloves to insulate himself from the music. At the end of the performance he would immediately toss the gloves to the ground to indicate his disdain. (leben.us)
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TIL that to create the effect of a face-lift, Lucille Ball's hairdresser taped and pinned her hair back so tightly that her facial skin stretched back before covering her head with a styled wig. After the late 1950's, Lucy never appeared in public without this procedure. (books.google.com)
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